On the Taiji Palace, Emperor Daojun Zhao Ji is wearing a golden dragon robe, with a nine-dragon crown on his head, with a handsome posture and a gentleman's bearing.

He sat high on the dragon chair and looked down on the civil and military officials below, only to see them standing with their hands down, solemn.

The net whip sounded three times, and then the eunuch's sharp duck screamed sharply:

"There is something to do, nothing to retreat from-"

After a moment of silence, Emperor Daojun thought that there was nothing to do, and his heart was relaxed for a while, thinking about retiring from the dynasty as soon as possible and going to talk about life with Master Li.

"The minister has this to play!"

Zhao Ji and the civil and military eyes of the Manchu Dynasty looked over, and saw a minister coming out of the ranks, holding a jade wat and bowing slightly.

This person is the straight bachelor and secretary of Longtu Pavilion, Cheng Zhao Lianghe!

Zhao Liangsi's original name was Ma Zhi, and he was a big family in the Liao State, and his official was Guangluqing. In the first year of Zhenghe, that is, eleven years ago, when Tong Guan went to the Liao State, he hooked up with Tong Guan and offered a plan to destroy Liao with Lianjin, and then followed Tong Guan to the Song Dynasty and was recommended to Zhao Ji, the emperor of Daojun.

Zhao Ji is a literary and artistic young man with great ambitions and talents, and as soon as he heard that he could recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, he immediately became interested.

This is the dream of the emperors of the Central Plains since the Great Zhou Dynasty!

Emperor Taizong personally conquered and left an eternal regret in the Gaoliang River!

Emperor Shenzong made a promise to "recover Yanyun and become king"!

The hundred-year-old dream has the possibility of being realized in front of Zhao Ji, how can he not be interested?

So he gave the surname of the country, and was promoted all the way, and Zhao Liangsi also became an expert in the "Lianjin Annihilation Project of Liao" in the Great Song Dynasty.

"What's the matter with Zhao Aiqing?" Zhao Ji's voice was mellow as beads, gentle and pleasant.

"The privy envoy Tong Guan led the troops to encircle and suppress Zhujiazhuang in Dongping Mansion, returned triumphantly, and will arrive in Beijing tomorrow, and the minister thinks that the civil and military officials should go out of the city to greet them!"

He was brought back to the Great Song Dynasty by Tong Guan and recommended to the emperor, and the two were also consistent in the strategic plan of Lianjin to destroy Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and they were political resources and had a close relationship with each other.

Tong Guan is Zhao Ji's favorite minister, and he was about to agree, when suddenly one of them stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

Zhao Ji saw that it was Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang, who was known as a literary name, was upright, and had a high reputation in Shilin.

I only heard him staring at Zhao Liangsi, his face was cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Zhao, you said that the Tong Shumian returned triumphantly, but to destroy the thief army, capture the thief chief Zhulong, and sacrifice it to Your Majesty?" ”

Zhao Liangsi slowly shook his head and said, "No! ”

"How do you call it a 'triumphant return'?"

Zhao Liangsi said lightly: "Lord Tong recovered Dongping Mansion, rescued more than 3,000 captured soldiers in Runing County, and forced Zhu Long to write a letter to ask for Zhao'an, this is not a triumph, what is it?" ”

"Humph! Unfinished! Li Gang snorted coldly, then stopped talking, bowed to the high emperor, and returned to his original position.

He didn't want to offend Tong Guan too much, but he was really angry when he saw Tong Guan repeatedly saying that the defeat was a big victory, reversing black and white, and referring to the deer as a horse.

"Your Majesty, don't recruit peace! I wish the thieves to attack the state capital, kill the court officials, and mutilate the people, the crime is unforgivable! If they forgive their sins and recruit them as officials, then where is the law of the court, and how can it rule over all the people? The most vicious people in the world must be trying to follow suit, and the world will be in chaos! ”

Contrary to everyone's expectations, it was Taiwei Gao Yu who spoke out against it.

His words moved Zhao Ji, and he opened his golden mouth and said: "Gao Taiwei is reasonable, stop recruiting An!" Tomorrow, Taishi Cai will take hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to welcome the privy envoy Tong Guan back to Beijing! ”

The emperor has made a decision, and the ministers are no longer fighting!

The next day, Cai Jing took the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and held a grand welcome ceremony outside the Donghua Gate to welcome Tong Guan who returned triumphantly.

After some excitement, Tong Guan came to the palace and met Emperor Daojun in the Taiyi Palace.

"The ministers and children pay a visit to Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Tong Guan crawled on the ground, touched the ground with his head, and shouted three times.

"Aiqing, please get up!" Zhao Ji held his hands weakly, and a small eunuch next to him hurriedly stepped forward, walked to Tong Guan's side, and helped him up.

Zhao Ji commanded: "Give the seat!" ”

The palace maid moved an embroidered dun, and Tong Guan sat halfway and leaned forward.

"Thin, Aiqing has lost weight!" Zhao Ji looked at Tong Guan and said distressedly.

"If you can get a word from the emperor, the minister is willing to break his bones!" Tong Guan felt crying bitterly, and threw himself on his knees again.

"Hurry up, hurry up! In the Manchu Dynasty, there are few people who are close to me, and I only have a few of you! Tell me the details of this battle, is Zhu Long a tall man, with a green face and fangs, and a raw baby? ”

Tong Guan said with a smile: "Your Majesty Hugh listens to the nonsense of the palace maids and eunuchs, this Zhulong is eight feet tall, masculine and handsome, and can be said to be a young man." ”

"In order to strangle the Zhujia army before it was launched, the minister specially transferred 50,000 elites from the armies in the south of the Yangtze River, all the way to the end of the flag, day and night, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, suddenly appeared outside Zhujiazhuang."

"But for some reason the news leaked, the Zhujia army had already taken precautions and set up a heavy ambush, I commanded the army to resist bravely, and took advantage of the gathering of the thief army here, sent troops to attack Dongping Mansion, and successfully recovered!"

"The minister led the army to fight with the Zhujia army for three days and three nights, although the thieves were outnumbered, but our army was brave and fearless, and the thieves were defeated.

"That Zhujiazhuang is called 'Zhuang', in fact, when the five dynasties were in turmoil, the military fortress built by the Liang State, the city is high and the pond is deep, located on the top of the hill, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is attacked, the soldiers will definitely suffer heavy casualties!"

"For the sake of the overall situation, Chen Gan took the risk and entered Zhujiazhuang alone, and reasoned with Zhu Longxiao, moved with affection, and used the law to make him bathe in the king. Zhu Long learned that my emperor was wise and the sky was full of martial arts, and he immediately sweated prostrate and prostrate on the ground, begging for peace! ”

Tong Guan fought through the battle, and after some deletion, he successfully created his image as a brave, fearless, brave and resourceful general.

Emperor Daojun was like a child attracted by a wonderful story, applauding from time to time, but finally hearing Zhu Long's request for Zhao'an, his face was embarrassed, and he said what Gao Yu said at the court meeting yesterday.

"What Captain Gao said is reasonable!" Tong Guan nodded thoughtfully, "After all, his nephew was killed by Zhu Long, and this revenge is not a gentleman!" ”

Zhao Ji shook his head and said: "Gao Yu is loyal to the country, not a person who abolishes the public for personal reasons!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Tong Guan suddenly knelt down, kowtowed and said: "My Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State made an alliance, Jin took the Liao State Zhongjing Dading Mansion, the Great Song Dynasty took the Liao State Nanjing Xijin Mansion and Xijing Datong Mansion, the two sides attacked the Liao State, and now Dajin has already laid down Zhongjing the year before last, destroying the withered and decaying in the territory of the Great Liao, attacking the city, and my Great Song Dynasty has been dragged down by civil strife, unable to send troops, has violated the covenant, if the Jin State sends troops to seize the Xijin Mansion first, then my Great Song Dynasty wants to seize the tiger's mouth, it will be like ascending to the sky!" ”

"What does this have to do with Zhulong Zhao'an?" Zhao Ji was puzzled and looked at Tong Guan with a puzzled expression.

Tong Guan raised his head and looked at Zhao Ji, and said word by word: "Zhu Long is willing to take his subordinates to pacify Tian Hu and Wang Qing!" ”

Zhao Ji showed a hesitant look on his face, and after a while, he spoke: "This is very good, but there is great resistance from the DPRK and China, please allow me to think twice!" Aiqing fought hard, and went back to the house to bathe and change clothes, and tonight I held a banquet in the Manna Hall to celebrate! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister is leaving!"

After Tong Guan bowed and withdrew, Zhao Ji sat silently for a long time, then got up and walked to a screen covered with red cloth, lifted the red cloth, and saw that there were four names carved on it: Fang La, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Zhu Long.

He looked at it for a long time, sighed, and said, "Come on, accompany me out of the palace and go to see the teacher!" These state affairs are really a headache for me, only the teacher and the girl are empathetic, so that I feel comfortable and comfortable...... Hey, the Manchu Dynasty is not as good as a dusty woman! ”

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Tong Guan walked out of the palace and was about to get on the horse and go home, but saw an eighteen sedan chair parked next to him, and a person came out of the sedan chair and said: "Tong Shuxiang!" ”

"Captain Gao!" This person is Gao Yu, Tong Guan returned the courtesy, and he had guessed his intention in his heart.

"Tong Shuxiang, on this expedition, have you ever seen the thief Zhu Long?"

"I fought with him immediately, and then I had a verbal fight, of course I saw it!"

Gao Yu said hatefully: "This thief killed my nephew and has a blood feud with me, I can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood!" It's a pity that the person who led the troops was not me, otherwise I would have to fight to the death with him! ”

Tong Guan understood that Gao Yu was asking him to give up the idea of recruiting An Zhulong.

"It's an eventful time now, recovering Yanyun and realizing the last wishes of the previous emperors is just around the corner, and it's better to have more than one thing at this time! Zhao'an Zhulong is to enhance the power of the imperial court, and to exterminate Zhulong, it is necessary to consume troops and materials, and between this increase and decrease, many things can be decided! ”

"Hehe, if you don't recruit An Zhulong, won't Tong Shuxiang be able to recover Yanyun? Too humble, right? Gao Yu said disapprovingly.

Tong Guan didn't argue with him, and said with a smile: "Just now in the main hall, I have already played the matter of Zhao'an to Your Majesty, whether it is to suppress or caress it, the emperor will make the decision, and the old man will no longer peck, how?" ”

"So, thank you Tong Shuxiang, Gao Yu remembers!"

Gao Yu knew that Zhao'an Zhujiazhuang was Tong Guan's idea, and if this matter was successful, it would be a merit of Tong Guan.

But if the imperial court vetoes the proposal to recruit An, then Tong Guan's military operation will be tantamount to a failure, which is extremely unfavorable to him.

With Emperor Daojun's desire to recover Yanyun, Tong Guan was very likely to persuade him to recruit An, but now Tong Guan gave up because of Gao Yu's words, which made Gao Yu owe him a lot of favors.

Watching Gao Yu's sedan chair disappear at the end of Xiangyun Street, Tong Guan showed an unfathomable smile, above this deceitful temple. He was indeed at home in water, and the aura of intrigue made him so comfortable.

Zhu Long, who was far away in Zhujiazhuang, spent his first Spring Festival in the Great Song Dynasty.

Although compared with the previous life, the materials of this era are very scarce, but the New Year's flavor of the Spring Festival is very strong. Since the beginning of the lunar month, everyone has entered the state of the New Year, beaming with joy and preparing all kinds of New Year's goods. Of course, most of them are made by themselves, very few are bought, and even the children's new clothes are bought in cloth and taken home, and then the mother cuts and sews them.

Zhu Long immediately understood the importance of female red to ancient women, so much so that the seventh day of July was designated as the "Begging Festival", and the girls prayed to the Weaver Girl in the sky to let them have a pair of dexterous hands.

But they don't want to think about it, the Weaver Girl can only meet her husband on this day all year round, how can they have time to take care of them!

But he still feels sorry for the ancient woman, how good! On July 7th, I was thinking about having a pair of dexterous hands and working hard, instead of thinking about receiving gifts, how well-behaved and sensible, so touching!

After the fraternity Zhu Long felt sorry for the women in the world, he began to love his daughter-in-law well, and took his daughter-in-law to Dongping Mansion to start the "buy, buy, buy" mode.

The three bodyguards Lu Fang, Jiao Ting, Hu Gang and the two big maids, Zhiyue and Zhiyun, all followed——。

Lu Fang and Jiao Ting came back early.

Originally, Zhu Long was quite worried about them, thinking that something had happened to them, so he asked Zeng Lane to send a large team of men and horses to look for them, but they came back by themselves within two days, and it turned out that the road was stopped by the sentry post of the officers and soldiers, and they went around the path, but they took the wrong road and delayed the time.

Zhu Daguan and Lin Chuman snuggled forward, wandering along the bustling streets of Dongpingfu, a veritable women's street, where the shops sold fabrics and finished clothes, and more rouge gouache shops and gold and silver jewelry stores.

Lin Chuman, who is usually gentle, virtuous, diligent and thrifty, started a crazy sweeping mode, plus the two maids pouted on the side, this is also like, that's good, Zhu Long's money bag is getting lighter and lighter, and Lu Fang's burden is getting heavier and heavier.

"I'm stupid, I'm stupid!" Lu Fang held the heavy package in both hands and chattered: "But knowing that you want to protect the lord, you forgot to hire two porters outside!" In case of danger, how can we protect the lord like this! He didn't even have the hand to draw a knife. ”

Fortunately, the danger that Lu Fang feared did not appear.

I wish the dragon a mysterious and jade robe, Lin Chuman is also very temperamental, very charming, at first glance, he is not an ordinary person, those ruffians and hooligans are about to fall off their eyes, but no one dares to provoke them.

To Zhu Long's surprise, when he returned to Zhujiazhuang, Lin Chuman gave all the things he bought to the families of the generals, even Hu Sanniang had a copy, but there were only a few of them that belonged to her.

This made Zhu Long very moved, and he felt that his wife was really a virtuous helper.

Zhujiazhuang spent the New Year in a peaceful celebration, and many soldiers in the vicinity went home for the New Year, leaving less than half of the soldiers on duty at night.

Zhu Long gathered all the generals who did not have a family together for a reunion dinner.

Guan Sheng is very righteous, although he has a family, but he also came over.

After this reunion dinner, Zhu Long found that there were really many single generals in the Zhu family's army, Lin Chong, Luan Tingyu, Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song......

Well, the latter two are monks and don't count.

The four fathers and sons of the Zhu family usually get together, and they also have a reunion dinner together on Chinese New Year's Eve, and what is more festive is that there are two more women - Lin Chuman and Hu Sanniang.

With two women, everyone felt some kind of wonderful change, it seemed to have a little more warmth, more like a home.

Especially Lin Chuman, as the eldest daughter-in-law and sister-in-law, she is like a hostess, covering all aspects, Zhu Long obviously feels that his father and Zhu Biao are beginning to accept her.

Seeing this scene, he was quite happy and hoped that in the new year, everything will develop in a good direction.